PentaVision's "What's Your Story?" Blog

     Camera movement is one feature of media production that can really set the look and feel of your project apart from the rest. Dolly and track, camera jibs or cranes, tripod sliders and camera stabilizers are all different options when it comes to providing this camera movement, each having their own advantages and disadvantages. Set up time, production logistics, crew size and equipment availability can also come into play when planning for the use of this type of equipment. One of the more popular and technically interesting types of camera support that can be used is the camera stabilizer, or more brand specific, the Steadicam. Read the rest of this entry →

     Your marketing committee decides that the new company video should include having all of the interviews done out on the manufacturing floor so people can be seen “in their element”. The problem? You need earplugs and hearing protection because of the deafening machines out on the production line. How are people ever going to hear an interview of someone standing out there over that entire ruckus? It sounds like this might be the perfect time for the video crew to go “green”. Green screen that is. Read the rest of this entry →

So at Monday’s staff meeting, your company decides they want to put some video content on their website AND create a YouTube channel. They put you in charge because “you got great video at the company picnic last year.”  You proudly smile and think to yourself that’s great news. Right? Read the rest of this entry →

Picture if you will, a great orchestra tuning up before a big performance. Musicians on strings, woodwinds, percussion and various types of brass instruments all playing different notes, warm up scales, random sounds and all of them playing at different tempos. We’ve all heard this “acoustic cacophony” before the beginning of a concert performance or some other show we’ve gone to see. Now enter one person, the one person who brings this disorganized group together, grabs their attention, quiets the commotion and ultimately gets this collection of talented musicians to perform beautiful music together as one team. That one person is the orchestra conductor. Now imagine preparing for a video production. Read the rest of this entry →

You hear the value of that in real estate all the time, but does it hold true in the production world? I say “Absolutely!!” One of the first questions to ask when starting a production is, “Where are we going to shoot that?” Being based here in Northern Indiana certainly has both its advantages and disadvantages. Read the rest of this entry →

Every year, winter seems to arrive earlier than it ever had in the past. With the cold, dreary winter days of South Bend upon us, the only way to find the beach and sun was dreaming of it. Well the prayers of a few lucky guys were answered in December, thanks to Upside Marketing! Two members of the PentaVision crew, Ryan Geist & Jon O’Sullivan escaped the winter blues with a trip to Hawaii! Read the rest of this entry →

What do you get when you cross 3 states, Ryan and Bob and a minivan? A beautiful hotel, a fun video and 2 guys that, believe it or not, still actually talk to each other. Read the rest of this entry →

A quote from a movie once said, “If you build it, they will come”. Well, All American Homes built it and PentaVision came and captured it.

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East side, west side, all around the town…or country anyway. Lately, the staff at PentaVision has been blessed to travel all over this great country of ours.

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